1. FOCUS on Engaging Classrooms
An update on the QEP
And
Active Learning Strategies
Dr. Anne Case Hanks and Ms. Mallory Benedetto

2. Diagnostic Questions Embedded on Spring and Summer 2019 Course Final Exams
Pilot 4 different types of active learning strategies in Summer 2019 Courses
Annual Report Produced and Published
QEP Graduate Assistants
Update on the QEP

3. Baseline Data
Diagnostic Questions BIOL 1014 Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology I
The largest number of students answered between 35% and 45% of the questions correctly.

4. Baseline Data Diagnostic Questions BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology
The largest number of students answered around 40% of the questions correctly.

5. Baseline Data
Final Grades BIOL 1014 Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology I
51% of students received an A, B, or C in BIOL 1014 for Spring 2019

6. Baseline Data Final Grades BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology
78% of students received an A, B, or C in BIOL 1020 for Spring 2019

7. Fall 2019 first administration of the Critical Thinking Assessment Test
Fall 2019 two QEP GAs will begin
Spring 2020 first FOCUS sessions implemented in BIOL 1020
Moving Forward

8. Listen to this!

9. Write down as many as you can Remember…

10. Principle of Interference
People tend to remember what is at the beginning and the end but not very much of what is the middle.
Active learning breaks up your class to have less “middle”!
Principle of Interference

11. How to utilize your classroom to engage students
Active Learning

12. “Students are not empty vessels.”
~ John Dewey 1916
Knowledge is constructed, not absorbed
The one thing we can not do for our students in the classroom is…. LEARN!

13. A LEARNER-CENTERED CLASSROOM
Allows students to :
Break down their own misconceptions
Relate material to things they already know
Gauge their progress along the way
Start to think about how they think
Learn for the sake of learning
Think Critically
The one who does is the one who learns!

14. Where to start Start small Be prepared for mistakes
Consult Peers and Resources

15. Active Learning Strategies
Think-Pair-Share
Clicker Questions
Team Tests
Muddiest Point
Strip Sequence
Case studies
Jigsaw Learning activities
Debate
Concept Maps
Active Learning Strategies

16. Not all Active Learning is…Learning

17. Strategies for Good Active Learning
Ask. Don’t Tell.
Guide students through activities
Use the activity to assess the students’ understanding
Ensure that activities are inclusive of all students
Make expectations clear
Align activities with assessments

18. Questions??